The Elysée debunks rumor that President Macron hid cocaine

Le Monde

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They shared actual footage of Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meeting in a compartment on their train to Kyiv, heading to talks on Saturday with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
International Business Times
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On Monday, his office took the unusual step of addressing a video that showed the French president hiding a white object as he sat alongside Sir Keir Starmer and Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor.
The Telegraph
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Macron, sitting on a train alongside Keir Starmer and Germany's Friedrich Merz, was filmed with a tissue in his hand - but pro-Kremlin troublemakers have peddled a lie online that it was cocaine.
The Sun
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A video of European leaders shot by the Associated Press on a train from Kyiv went viral on Sunday amid allegations that it features a “drug parcel” and “cocaine spoon”, accusations that the French government has denounced as “fake news”.
Novaya Gazeta. Europe

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"When European unity becomes inconvenient, disinformation goes so far as to make a simple tissue look like drugs. This fake news is being spread by France’s enemies, both abroad and at home. We must remain vigilant against manipulation. / X
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